You can now order a resin-cast kit that allows you to assemble your own LA County emergency vehicle in 1/24th scale
photo courtesy SSB Resins

If you’re into fire trucks, we bet you were also a fan of the Jack Webb-created TV drama Emergency! that ran on the NBC network during the 1970s. Besides the actors, it starred a Dodge chassis-cab unit with the utility-box rear body that stood in as a paramedic rescue squad of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Those utility-body squads have changed relatively little over the years, and are still extensively used by L.A. County. You can now order a resin-cast kit that allows you to assemble your own, in 1/24th scale, from SSB Resins of Los Angeles. SSB is run by longtime scale fire apparatus scratchbuilder Jamie Brown, who actually cut his modeling teeth on New York City prototypes. The L.A. County rig depicts a paramedic squad of current design, with a four-door Ford F-350 diesel chassis replacing the gasoline two-door Dodge of yore. The 84-piece kit includes detail fittings such as warning lights, antennas and decals, and is aimed at more experienced builders.

You can put the squad in your scale fire station for $99. SSB Resins also produces a slew of other detail parts and decals for model fire trucks. Find out more by visiting www.ssbresins.com. Contact via e-mail is ssbresins@aol.com, telephone is 213-219-8260.

(This post originally appeared in the August 28, 2008, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)

2 Responses to “Scale squad”

I would like to know how to go about getting one of these Scale Rescue Squad Model Kits for Rescue Squad 51 Los Angeles County Fire Dept. Please. Also would like to know how much more would it be if I had you put it together for me?.